Multiple School Records Broken on Day Three
February 27, 2015 10:05 PM | General
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| Members of the West Virginia women's swimming team cheer on their teammates during day three of the Big 12 Championships.
Photo by Conrad Stoll |
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Jenelle Zee and Lindsay Schmidt paced the West Virginia University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams on day three of competition at the 2015 Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championships earlier tonight at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.
Schmidt set a school record on the women’s 3-meter board while Zee broke her own school record in the women’s 100-yard breaststroke.
After three nights of competition, the men sit in third place while the women sit in fourth place. Seven Mountaineers earned All-Big 12 First Team accolades on Friday in individual events.
Schmidt set a school record on the women’s 3-meter board on her way to First Team All-Big 12 honors and a third-place finish. Schmidt’s score of 322.60 broke Haily VandePoel’s mark of 316.20 set in the event in 2013.
“I’m thrilled for Lindsay,” said diving coach Michael Grapner. “This was the most consistent I have seen from her. She had a tough day yesterday and came back to prove herself.”
VandePoel placed fifth on Friday night with a score of 306.60, while Jennifer Rey finished seventh with a 292.05 mark.
“Today’s diving was what we needed,” Grapner said. “Each of the divers, both on the men’s and women’s sides, put places together and found personal victories. Alex (Obendorf) also had a great 3-meter, with this being his fist Big 12 appearance in competition after hitting the board in the 1-meter warm up prior to the event.”
The Mountaineer men were well represented in the men’s 3-meter diving finals as three WVU student-athletes garnered All-Big 12 honors. Alex Obendorf led the way with a third-place finish with a score of 334.50. Michael Proietto placed fourth with a 323.80 and Logan McHenry finished fifth with a score of 309.85.
“It was a really solid night. Our ladies made great adjustments on their 400 IMs with all recording lifetime-best times,” said coach Vic Riggs. “Nate Carr followed it up with a great 400 IM himself with a very fast 3:45.90.”
The women’s 400-yard IM B Final saw Sammie Guay (4:24.62), Taylor Gill (4:25.92) and Loren Williams (4:28.56) place third, fourth and sixth, respectively.
In the men’s 400-yard IM A Final, Nate Carr continued his impressive championship weekend with another All-Big 12 honor. Carr placed third in the event, hitting the wall in a season-best 3:45.90.
Julie Ogden earned First Team All-Big 12 honors of her own in the women’s 100-yard butterfly A Final. Ogden raced to a third-place finish in a season-best 53.96. The B Final of the 100 fly saw Jaimee Gillmore finish first (54.85), Celia Martinez (55.93) finish fourth, Natalie Johnsen (56.32) place sixth and Amelie Currat (56.37) finish seventh.
Andrew Marsh finished sixth in the men’s 100-yard butterfly A Final in 46.99, earning Second Team All-Big 12 recognition. In the B Final, Frank Csonka (49.13) placed second, Chase Williams (49.15) finished third and Austin Green (49.48) placed fifth.
“Julie and Andrew led our fliers with a third- and sixth-place finish,” Riggs said. “Jaimee had a great swim in the consolation heat, as well.”
In the women’s 200-yard freestyle A Final, Emma Skelley raced to a seventh-place result in 1:51.46. Mackenzie Braden placed seventh in 1:53.41 and Danya Contreras finished eighth in 1:54.11 in the B Final of the event.
Three Mountaineer men earned spots in the A Final of the men’s 200-yard freestyle. Ross Glegg earned All-Big 12 recognition, finishing sixth in 1:36.35. Nathan Cobbe and Daeton Davenport followed close behind with seventh and eighth place finishes, respectively.
The men’s 200 free B Final was led by Chris McMahon in third place (1:40.36), Triston Mosby in fifth place (1:41.59), Miles Molinaro in sixth place (1:43.27) and Joe Miller in eighth (1:52.31).
“Emma had a solid 200 and Ross, Daeton and Nathan all had great 200s of their own,” Riggs said.
Jenelle Zee raced to First-Team All-Big 12 accolades in the women’s 100-yard breaststroke A Final in a school record 1:01.28, finishing third overall. Zee broke her own school record set in 2013 (1:01.76). Morgan Emter finished fifth and Sammie Guay placed eighth in the B Final of the event.
In the men’s 100-yard breaststroke, three West Virginia swimmers earned a spot in the A Final and two received All-Big 12 honors. Max Spencer posted a second-place finish in 53.94 to earn All-Big 12 First Team accolades. Aidan Fumagalli earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors, finishing fifth in 55.49.
“Max broke the string of third-place finishes with a great 100 breast,” Riggs said.
In the A Final of the women’s 100-yard backstroke, Courtney Miller placed sixth overall to earn All-Big 12 recognition, hitting the pad in 55.52. Amelie Currat raced to second place in the B Final in 56.08.
Andrew Marsh finished third in the A Final of the men’s 100-yard backstroke in 46.34, earning All-Big 12 First Team accolades.
“Our backstrokes were very solid, led by Courtney and Andrew,” Riggs said.
In the women’s 200-yard freestyle relay, the WVU team of Jaimee Gillmore, Julie Ogden, Amelie Currat and Courtney Parenti posted a fifth-place finish in 1:33.09.
The men’s 200-yard freestyle relay team of Tim Squires, Ross Glegg, Frank Csonka and Andrew Marsh garnered All-Big 12 First Team honors with a second-place finish, hitting the wall in 1:18.50.
“Our relays did a fine job,” Riggs said. “Tomorrow’s meet for the ladies is going to be a great finish.”
The Mountaineers will return to action for the fourth and final day of the Big 12 Championships tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET. The championships will conclude with the Saturday night finals session scheduled for 7 p.m. ET.
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